Notably, the court specified that under the State’s reading of the Ohio statutes regarding right-place/wrong-precinct ballots, such ballots “caused by poll-worker error effectively requires voters to have a greater knowledge of their precinct, precinct ballot, and polling place than poll workers. Absent such omniscience, the State will permanently reject their ballots without an opportunity to cure the situation.” (Order, p. 21.)

Being a circuit court opinion, it goes into far more depth on the analyses of equal protection and due process, which is worth reading. The court affirmed the district court’s reading of the wrong-precinct remedy and remanded the case to district court to work out the remedies.

Graham Martin is an attorney in Minneapolis, focusing on contracts. He runs the Pro and Contracts blog, and would like to become a senior partner in a law firm without being an associate first. If you have an in, you should take it first, but give him a heads-up as well.